• 2011-12-08 / Kim Pate Receives the 2011 Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award
  
  
• 2011-11-01 / Correctional Investigator Releases 2010-11 Annual Report: Growing Old Behind Bars – Grey Wave Hits Canadian Prisons
  
  
• 2010-12-08 / Mary Campbell Receives the 2010 Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award
  
  
• 2010-11-05 / Correctional Investigator Releases 2009-10 Annual Report: Conditions of Confinement Jeopardize Safe, Effective Correctional Practice
  
  
• 2010-09-23 / Report finds Serious Gaps in the Planning and Delivery of Mental Health Services for Federally Sentenced Offenders
  
  
• 2010-09-08 / Correctional Service of Canada Challenged to Apply Lessons Learned and Prevent Deaths in Custody
  
  
• 2010-03-25 / Correctional Investigator welcomes recent progress in the Correctional Service of Canada's response to prevent deaths in custody
  
  
• 2009-12-18 / Correctional Service of Canada's Latest Response to Ashley Smith Recommendations is Improving, but Efforts to Date have not Translated into Desired Results
  
  
• 2009-11-13 / The Situation for Aboriginal People under Federal Sentence Remains Unacceptable
  
  
• 2009-11-02 / 2008-09 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator Tabled in Parliament
  
  
• 2009-09-11 / Correctional Service of Canada's Response to Ashley Smith Report Fails to Accept Urgent Need for Enhanced Accountability Measures to Prevent Future Deaths in Custody
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• 2009-09-01 / Professor Michael Jackson of the University of British Columbia receives the Inaugural Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award
  
  
• 2009-06-18 / Edward J. McIsaac, former Executive Director of the Office of the Correctional Investigator, receives Public Service Award of Excellence for Outstanding Career
  
  
• 2009-03-03 / Teen Dies Following Lack of Adequate Mental Health Services - Correctional Investigator Continues to Urge Action to Address High Number of Preventable Deaths in Custody
  
  
• 2009-02-13 / 35^th Annual Report Highlights Benefits and Challenges of the Federal Prison Ombudsman: A History of Contributions to Public Safety
  
  
• 2008-12-16 / Appointment of New Executive Director
  
  
• 2008-12-08 / Correctional Investigator Announces the Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award
  
  
• 2008-06-24 / Correctional Investigator Submits Final Report to Minister Stockwell Day on Death of Ms. Ashley Smith at Grand Valley Institution, Kitchener
  
  
• 2008-06-09 / Correctional Investigator of Canada Welcomes Call for National Strategy on Delivery of Mental Health Services to Youth and Adult Offenders
  
  
• 2008-05-21 / A Failure to Respond - Correctional Investigator of Canada Releases Report On the Death of a Federal Inmate
  
  
• 2007-10-26 / Tragic Death of Ms. Ashley Smith At Grand Valley Institution, Kitchener
  
  
• 2007-10-25 / Public Safety at Risk Without Targeted Investments in Federal Corrections
  
  
• 2007-06-27 / Federal Prison Ombudsman Releases Study on Deaths in Custody: Report Finds Some Fatalities Could Have Been Averted
  
  
• 2006-11-28 / Current Correctional Investigator Acted Quickly to Strengthen Financial Management and Human Resources Policies and Procedures
  • List of Improvements Implemented by the Current Correctional Investigator
    
    
• 2006-10-16 / Report Finds Evidence of Systemic Discrimination Against Aboriginal Inmates in Canada's Prisons
  
  
• 2006-04-27 / Correctional Investigator Supports Calls for Prison Reforms
  
  
• 2005-11-04 / Report Highlights Dramatic Increase in Numbers of Inmates Mentally Ill Implementation of National Strategy Urged to Address Crisis
  
  
• 2004-11-18 / Office of the Correctional Investigator Annual Report 2003-2004
  
  
• 2004-02-24 / Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Announces Appointment of Correctional Investigator of Canada
  
  
• 2003-10-24 / Office of the Correctional Investigator - Annual Report 2002-2003

• 2011-11-23 / A Legacy of Missed Opportunities: The Case of Ashley Smith, Health Law Institute Open Seminar Series, University of Alberta
  
  
• 2009-09-30 / Speaking Notes for Mr. Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator, and Dr. Ivan Zinger, Executive Director and General Counsel, Appearance before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
  
  
• 2009-06-02 / Speaking Notes for Mr. Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator, and Dr. Ivan Zinger, Executive Director and General Counsel, Appearance before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security
  
  
• 2009-05-25 / Speaking Notes for Mr. Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator, Appearance before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
  
  
• 2008-12-10 / World Human Rights Day
  
  
• 2008-02-14 / Speaking Notes for Mr. Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator, Appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
  
  
• 2008-02-04 / Speaking Notes for Mr. Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator, Appearance before the Special Senate Committee on Aging
  
  
• 2006-10-20 / Statement by Howard Sapers on his Annual Report 2005/06
  
  
• 2006-10-16 / Speaking Notes for Mr. Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator, 33^rd Annual Report to Parliament

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